Invited talk and other details

Invited talks, Research Consultancy and Position of Responsibility and other details

Invited talks

32. Delivered an invited talk on “Coupled impact of train and hydraulic loading cycles on the performance of South African railway formation soil” as a Civil Engineering Seminar Series for Department of Engineering Science, Thom Building, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. (January 18, 2024)

31. Delivered an invited talk on “Reconnaissance Survey and Preliminary assessment of series of landslides and related damage by heavy 2023 monsoonal rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, India” as a Landslide group seminar for Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience of Durham University, United Kingdom. (January 16, 2024)

30. Delivered an invited talk on “Coupled Impact of Train and Environmental Loading Cycles on Railway Formation Soil: Experiments and predictions” at School of Civil Engineering, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. (January 10, 2024)

29. Delivered a keynote on "Performance of railway subgrade materials under changing climatic conditions" during a joint International workshop on RECENT ADVANCES IN CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES organized by IIT Kanpur- University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka during 7-12 December, 2023.

28. Delivered an invited talk on “Developing sustainable infrastructure in the background of changing climate” organized by the office of district magistrate, Kangra Himachal Pradesh under celebration of International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) and Samarth 2023, SDMA. (October 19, 2023)

27. Delivered an invited talk within the seminar series of Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure Development "Landslides in Himachal Pradesh India and a novel adaptation Strategy" organised jointly by Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi and Indian Geotechnical Society Goa Chapter. (July 10, 2023)

26. Delivered an invited talk "Identifying archaeological and Engineering evidence of heritage structures after earthquakes: case studies of damage, resilience and risk reduction from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and 1905 Kangra Earthquake" jointly organised by Don Bosco College of Engineering Fatroda and the Department of Archaeology, Government of Goa. (July 8, 2023)

25. Delivered an invited talk as a guest speaker during the GIAN course on "Design of Ballasted Railway Track: Current Practices and New Developments" organised at IIT Dharwad, Karnataka during July 3-7, 2023.

24. Delivered an invited talk on "Landslides in Himachal Pradesh, India and a novel adaptation strategy" as a Landslide group seminar for Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience of Durham University, United Kingdom. (January 11, 2023).

23. Delivered invited lectures during Continuing Education Program course on "Railway Transportation Geotechnics: Theory to Practice" organized by Civil Engineering Department of IIT Bombay from December 12-14, 2022.

22. Keynote lecture on "Coupled Impact of Train and Environmental Loading Cycles on Soil from a Heavy Haul Railway Track" during the Two-week short course on Heavy-Haul Railways: Towards, Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Design jointly organized by UTS: University of Technology Sydney and IIT Kharagpur, India from August 2-12, 2022.

21. Talk on "Development of Water Barrier System for Slopes" during the International workshop titled "Landslides Susceptibility and Adaptability in South-East Asia: Theory to Practice" jointly organized by IIT mandi India and Durham University UK from 29-30 March 2022.

20. Talk on "Effect of environmental load on cyclic behaviour of soil" during the Two-day short course titled "Application of unsaturated soil mechanics on the analysis of slopes" jointly organized by IIT Mandi, Durham University and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 24-25 February 2022.

19. Invited talk on "Performance evaluation of Historic Urban Infrastructure of Kathmandu City Post 2015 Gorkha Earthquake: An Interdisciplinary Perspective" during Short Training course on Disaster Risk Management/Natural Hazard for Cultural Heritage under CRAFT Project: UK Arts and Humanities Research Council on February 22, 2022, organised by Middle EastTechnicalUniversity, Turkey.

18. Invited Talk on “Understanding the impact of changing climatic conditions on Transportation Infrastructure” at Five-Day virtual international workshop on Recent Advancements and Emerging Economic Aspect of Transportation Geotechnology RAEEATG 2021 organized by NIT Agartala, India. [Dec. 20-24, 2021].

17. Invited Talk on “Earthquake Resilient Foundation System” and “Seismic Performance of Heritage Structures” at the Five-day faculty development program on "AICTE Sponsored online FDP on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure by Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. [Aug. 9-13, 2021] (Link 1)

16. Invited Talk on “Integrating data, innovation and development of sensing technology and numerical modelling while practising civil engineering” during a Workshop on Transcending Innovations in Startup at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Sundernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh [March 6, 2021].

15. Invited talk on "Combined Pile-Raft Foundation System- A cost-effective and sustainable foundation design philosophy for high-rise structures" at Five day faculty development programme on "AICTE Sponsored Virtual Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on the theme Sustainable Materials and Resilient Buildings- Philosophy, Design Implementation and Performance organised by KIT Warangal. [Nov. 23-28, 2020, Interaction on web platform].

14. Invited talk on "Performance of piles and piled raft foundation under earthquake conditions: Theory, Research and Practice" at Five day faculty development programme on "Earthquake Geotechnics" organised by NIT Andhra Pradesh. [Sept. 22-26, 2020, Interaction on web platform].

13. Invited talk on "Performance of Historic infrastructure during 2015 Gorkha Earthquake sequence" on a TEQIP-III sponsored Short-term training programme on "Urban Heritage Conservation: Issues and Challenges" organised by SVNIT Surat. [August 31- September 4, 2020, Interaction on web platform].

12. Invited talk on "Evaluation of Seismic Safety of Historic Urban Infrastructure of Kathmandu City Post 2015 Gorkha Earthquake:An Interdisciplinary Perspective" on an International Webinar series (Australia-India-UK) on ‘Natural Disaster Resilience for Built Infrastructure’ jointly hosted by University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Australia and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) India. [July 24-28, 2020, Interaction on web platform].

11. Invited by KIIT Society of Civil Engineering in association with ASCE and ICE student Chapter on the Theme "Knowledge Forum- A guide to your future lecture series" to interact with faculty and students as a Proud Alumnus from the School of Engineering, KIIT University. [July 19, 2020, Interaction on Web platform].

10. Talk on “Unsaturated cyclic triaxial testing on the bloubank rail line material” during Stakeholders meeting on 11th October 2019, at University of Cape Town in South Africa in collaboration with University of Pretoria in South Africa.

9. Talk on “Unsaturated Cyclic Triaxial Testing on Railways Subbase material” during One Day Workshop on ‘Sustainable Railway Infrastructure’ on 22nd July 2019, organized by Department of Engineering, Durham University, United Kingdom.

8. Talk on “Unsaturated Cyclic Triaxial Testing on Railways Subbase material, constant water content testing on Road Materials and Numerical Simulation: A study on African Soils” organized by Ghana Institution of Engineers as a part of stakeholders meetings under EPSRC funded Transport Africa Project, Accra, Ghana on 11th May, 2019.

7. Invited talk on “Reducing Disaster Risk to Life and Livelihoods by Evaluating the Seismic Safety of Kathmandu's Historic Urban Infrastructure” Organized by Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK at World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, Durham, UK on 28th February 2019.

6. Invited talk on “Geotechnical analysis of Kathmandu’s Natural Soil Profile’ at Workshop on Towards Seismic Safety of Historic Infrastructure jointly organized by Department of Archaeology, Durham, UK and Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal at National Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal, 17th November 2018.

5. Invited for panel discussion on “Student life in Germany” during the event “ReDiscover Germany – Higher Education and Beyond!” organized by DAAD India at Maxmuller Bhawan, Kalaghoda, Mumbai (https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/sta/mum.html) on 27th October, 2017.

4. Invited for providing training on “Pile foundation: analysis, design and numerical simulations” at Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineers, Pune (http://www.iricen.gov.in/iricen/Home) on 10th August, 2017.

3. Invited for lecture on “Research opportunity and experience in Germany during DAAD Fellowship” at Maxmuller Bhawan, Kalaghoda, Mumbai (https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/sta/mum.html) on 17th April, 2017.

2. Invited for providing training on “Numerical modelling of Geotechnical Problems and its application in railways with brief training on PLAXIS3D software” to IRSE Probationary officers at Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineers, Pune (http://www.iricen.gov.in/iricen/Home) on 24th and 28th December, 2016.

1. Invited for providing Three days training on “Importance of Numerical modelling with brief training on the use of FLAC3D software for the analysis of geotechnical problems” at Department of Civil Engineering of Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, http://www.sit.ac.in/department/civ/civil.html from 27th-29th February, 2016.

Industry Projects at IIT Mandi

8. Conducting studies for suggesting short-term and long-term mitigation measures for landslide and land subsidence sites within Mandi & Lahaul and Spiti districts by the State Disaster Management Authority, Himachal Pradesh. (Role- Co-I) (November 2023- January 2023, Ongoing)

7. Preparing the damage assessment technical report for Kullu Town by the State Disaster Management Authority, Himachal Pradesh. (Role- Co-I) (August 2023- September 2023, ongoing)

6. Site visit for slope stabilisation at multilevel parking site at Dharamshala by Almmondz Global Infra Consultant, Dharamshala Smart City Project, Dharamshala. (Role- PI), (From August 2023, completed)

5. Vetting of design calculations of Maxroof sheets and fasteners for Surat Airport canopy roof project by Maxroofing System Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India. (Role- PI) (From May 2023- June 2023, Completed).

4. Restoration of residential H-1 block at CCL civil plant by block of Ultratech cement by UltraTech Cement Ltd. Baga. (Role: Co-I) (From May 2022,

April 2023, Completed).

3. Vetting of drawings and design including kinematic and dynamic studies of Dhaulsidh Hydroelectric project by Rithwik Projects Private Limited. (Role: Co-I) (From March 2022- December 2022, Completed).

2 Preparation of DPR under landslide mitigation of Ganpati Kun-ka-Tar at Rd 1/995 by HPPWD, Himachal Pradesh. (Role: Co-I) (From December 2021- March 2022, Completed).

1. Structural Safety Audit for H1 block of Ultratech cement by UltraTech Cement Ltd. Baga. (Role: Co-I) (From Feb 2021- March 2021, Completed)

Industry Projects at IIT Bombay (Lead Prof. Deepankar Choudhury)

1. PEER Review and independent analysis for providing Remedial measures and corrective solution for already constructed pile foundation (463 piles) for project ROMAIN, at Sidcul, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Project is jointly given by Mott MacDonald India Limited and M/s. Roquette Riddhi Siddhi Private Limited. [January 2018- March, 2018]

2. PEER review and independent analysis for the establishment of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation (CPRF) system for reactor building of Nuclear power plant foundation, proposed to be constructed at Kumharia village near Gorakhpur in the state of Haryana. Project involves the review of the in-house work carried out by NPCIL by performing independent analysis. Project is given by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. [November 2015- March 2018]

3. Establishment of Combined Pile-Raft Foundation system for material storage shelter of NPK fertilizer plant in Vietnam. Project involved the numerical and analytical study for inclusion of 581 piles below the raft foundation. This project is given by Thyssenkrup Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited. [ November 2015- April 2016]

4. Static and seismic stability analysis of slope using numerical analysis and evaluation of liquefaction potential of the site where Dandi Salt Satyagraha Memorial is proposed to be built in Dandi, Navsari district, Gujarat. This project is given by DBM Geotechnics and Constructions Pvt. Ltd. Project is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. [April 2015- May 2015]

5. Seismic design and Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction (DSSI) of piles for oil tank foundation system for SKA terminal owned by British Petroleum in Iraq. Project involved the seismic analysis of the pile group foundation (89 piles) using the results obtained ground response analysis and developed synthetic acceleration-time history for the site. This project is given by Chemie Tech. Ltd. [ May 2014- October 2014]

6. Involved in the forensic geotechnical investigation for finding out the plausible cause of landslide at Malingaon, located 100 km from Pune, which engulfed 150 lives. Project involved the investigation of the cause of failure through reconnaissance survey, evaluation of geotechnical behaviour of soil during failure and back analysis of the response of slope using analytical and numerical techniques. This project was given by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi. [August 2014- October 2014]

Academic Experience

1. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Bombay (July, 2017 – December, 2017) in Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations Course (CE 647) for M.Tech. and Ph.D. students of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

2. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Dharwad (January, 2017 – May, 2017) in Engineering Mechanics Course (CE 102) for B.Tech. students of Mechanics Engineering students of IIT Dharwad.

3. Assisted in writing a text book titled “Foundation System for High-Rise Structures” by Rolf Katzenbach, Steffen Leppla and Deepankar Choudhury, 2016, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA and UK, (ISBN: 978-1-4987-4477-5), pp. 1-298.

4. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Bombay (July, 2016 – December, 2016) in Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations Course (CE 647) for M.Tech. and Ph.D. students of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

5. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Bombay (July, 2014 – May, 2015) in Soil Mechanics Theoretical Courses (CE 303 and CE 304) for 3rd year B.Tech students of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

6. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Bombay (April, 2014 – May, 2014) in Advanced Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Course (CE 684) for M.Tech and Ph.D. students of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

7. Teaching Assistant (T.A.), IIT Bombay (July, 2012 – May, 2013) in Soil Mechanics Laboratory Courses (CE 314 and CE 319) for 3rd year B.Tech. students of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

Position of responsibility

15. Assistant Warden- Beaskund Hostel. [September 2023- till date]

14. Coordinator for Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at IIT Mandi. [September 2021- Present]

13. Faculty Advisor for Civil Engineering Batch 2021-2025 [December 2021- Till date]

12. Member of Institute Library Advisory Council (LAC), Classroom Committee (CRC), Hiking and Trekking (H&T) at IIT Mandi. [September 2021- Present]

11. Member of School purchase committee, manpower management committee and lab management committee of the School of Civil and Environmental

Engineering. [August 2022- Till Date]

10. Coordinator for Transportation Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, IIT Mandi. [August 2021-September 2022]

9. Member of SE Safety Committee and Meetup group, IIT Mandi [August 2020- August 2022]

8. Jury member in 25th National Children’s Science Congress (http://www.ncsc.co.in/) (Intra-Regional level) during 30-31th October, 2017, a program of

National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

7. Jury member in 24th National Children’s Science Congress (http://www.ncsc.co.in/) (Intra-Regional level) during 19-20th October, 2016, a program of

National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

6. DAAD Young Ambassador to promote Germany as study and research destination. Mainly informing the students and researchers about the study and

research opportunities available in Germany, helping in writing the letter of recommendation letter, contacting the host professor in Germany. [August 2016-

Present]

5. Ph.D. student representative for Geotechnical Engineering division of Civil Engineering department of IIT Bombay. [May 2016-May 2017]

4. Active member in the organizing team of International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on ‘Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and

Related Urban Issues’ on September 23-24, 2016 at Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre, Powai, Mumbai 400087, India, jointly organized by

Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), IGS Mumbai Chapter and International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

3. Jury member in KVS National Children’s Science Congress (http://www.ncsc.co.in/) (National level) during 26-28th November, 2015, a program of National

Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

2. Jury member in 23rd National Children’s Science Congress (http://www.ncsc.co.in/) (Intra-Regional level) during 06-07th October, 2015, a program of National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

1. Jury member in the event “Potential Prof.” in AAKAR-2013 on 23rd March, 2013 at IIT Bombay, India. Evaluated technical expertise and communication skills.

Countries Travelled for business/conference visit

1. Darmstadt, Germany- DAAD Scholarship (September 2013- March 2014)

2. Bali, Indonesia and Singapore- Slope 2015 Conference ( August 2015)

3. Christchurch, New Zealand- 6th ICEGE Conference (November 2015)

4. HongKong- 1st International Symposium on Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Sustainability (August 2016)

5. Taipei, Taiwan- Proceedings of the 2017 International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Piled Raft Foundations (2017)

6. Durham, United Kingdom- Post-Doctoral Research Associate- Durham University (April 2018- February 2020)

7. Caldas Novas, Brazil- To attend Researcher Link Workshop organised with support of Newton Fund (September 2018)

8. Kathmandu Nepal- Project work and Workshop on Towards Seismic Safety of Historic Infrastructure ( October 2018)

9. Ghana, Africa- Ghana Institution of Engineers as a part of stakeholders meetings under EPSRC funded Transport Africa Project- (May 2019)

10. Rekjavik, Iceland- XVII ECSMGE-2019 (September 2019)

11. Cape Town and Durban in South Africa- To attend stakeholders meeting and visit our instrumented south African coal line. (October 2019)

12. Zhengzhou, Henan, China- To teach Geotechnical Design course to Final Year students at North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power (November 22- December 8, 2019).

13. Durham, United Kingdom- As an Academic Visitor to Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience of Durham University, UK (January 3- February 10, 2023)

14. Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom- To attend Georesilience 2023 (March 2023)

15. Warwick, United Kingdom- as an Academic Visitor to School of Engineering, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. (Jan 5-20, 2024)

Organizer of conference, short-course, workshop and chair:

3. Conducted 5-day training program for Engineers and Personnel involved in the implementation of PMGSY at the PIU and SRRDA level funded by National Rural Infrastructure Development Authority, Government of India. (December 4-8, 2023)

2. Convener of International workshop on "Landslides Susceptibility and Adaptability in South-East Asia: Theory to Practice" jointly organised by IIT Mandi India and Durham University UK from March 29-30, 2022.

1. Convener of the two days short course titled "Application of unsaturated soil mechanics on the analysis of slopes" jointly organized by IIT Mandi, Durham University and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 24-25 February 2022.

Reviewer of Journals

Scientific Reports, Nature

Geotechnique

ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier

Acta Geotechnica, Springer

Soils and Foundations, Elsevier

ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE

International Journal of Environmental Research, Springer

Innovative Infrastructure Solution, Springer

Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer

International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology, published by Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, India.